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The Toronto Raptors are finalizing a deal to acquire San Antonio Spurs star Kawhi Leonard in a trade package that includes All-Star DeMar DeRozan, league sources told ESPN.

An agreement in principle could be reached as soon as Wednesday, league sources said.

Leonard and DeRozan are both aware that an agreement could be imminent, and neither is expressing enthusiasm for the deal, league sources said.

Toronto and San Antonio have been talking about the trade for two weeks, and several incarnations of packages have been discussed, league sources said.

Sources close to DeRozan told ESPN's Chris Haynes that DeRozan met with Toronto brass in Las Vegas during summer league and was told he would not be traded.

Leonard has been clear that he plans to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency next summer, so Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri is taking a significant risk in pursuing the trade.

Leonard was led to believe by management that he would not be traded, sources told Haynes.

DeRozan has three years and $83 million left on his contract, including an Early Termination Option for the 2020-21 season.

demar derozan upset because according to rachel nichols he met with the raps FO in las vegas during summer league and was he would not be traded.
if the kawhi trade falls apart its gonna tough for toronto to repair that burned bridge

Yeah unlike most Rap fans I absolutely love DeMar but he just can't be relied on come playoff time. This year he had his handful of big games but had more subpar performances than great ones. It's going to hurt losing him but we need that change. I just hope we aren't giving OG AND Poeltl.

LOL... this totally comes across as "Yeah, signing DeRozan was a mistake."

I still like DeRozan but he has underwhelmed. Kawhi can be as much of a scorer and he's much better at 3PT shooting, and of course his defense. Could make Toronto relevant again, but Leonard probably isn't too happy going to a team that just fired its coach and only has Kyle Lowry outside of a bunch of new guys and nobody wants Valancunias.

For the Spurs, I mean, I guess DeRozan would be nice. His "Kobe lite" ISO style doesn't really fit the Spur-fection ball movement. It will be nice to have a scorer back in San Antonio though, but I don't know. Hopefully Popovich and co. have an idea of how to use DeMarr in that system.

This is kind of a good deal for SA imo. You get rid of a disgruntled guy that you've gotten nothing from in 2 years and get an all star type player back under contract for reasonable money for 3 years plus other stuff.

Big risk for Toronto but I get they need to take a risk as their current path has been going no where. It's basically swing for the fences, see how it goes, and then blow it up if it doesn't go well.

I thought it made sense for Toronto to take a run at Kawhi, but giving up DeRozan is a lot for a rental. If they just want to dump DD I can somewhat get it, but he's too good player to be a salary dump. If the Spurs are trading Kawhi they should be getting younger guys/picks so they can rebuild. DD doesn't do much for them.